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Creating Rose Pedals

Creating Rose Pedals
In this tutorial, we will learn to create a realistic rose petal. The design can be used in various projects like in creating greeting cards, creating backgrounds etc. Create a new layer by pressing shift+control+n together. Select pen tool. Click on paths and draw the paths as shown in the figure.


Adjust the nodes to have rounded corners.


Now, right click anywhere in the paths and select make selection. Give '0' as feather radius.


Fill the selection with #D70863 color.


Apply inner shadow as shown in the figure. rp5.jpg


Image after apply inner shadow.


Select this brush type.


Create a new layer. Use #FBE496 as foreground and drag the brush as shown in the figure.


Change the foreground color to #C88007. Using the same brush drag the brush over the lower part of the layer. Our rose petal is ready.


Take a look at the images, which I created using this rose petal. Use your imagination and you will have more great results like these :)